tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50671925637589669872014-10-05T00:03:56.576-07:00CRIGShowThe CRIG is promoting interoperability of repositories with other services during a roadshow in the summer of 2008. It will be doing this by setting up a “Developer Lounge” where people will be encouraged to stop by and pitch their innovative technology ideas.
The primary motive of this Roadshow is to interface repositories with other *non-repository* services for the purpose of finding out how repositories can better integrate in the current scholarly landscape.Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-59900627552935854452008-09-03T02:35:00.000-07:002008-09-03T02:45:11.369-07:00Summary of CRIGshow at RepoFringe by Ben and Dave.<br /><br />Thanks to Ben and Dave you truly earned their $5000 prize over and over again (I'll be buying them beers in thanks for years to come). I think you can tell from this summary how much work was done and how this trip really changed our perspective on the way we operate within our small world of Academia. There is a larger domain out there and it is called the web!<br /><br />Also thanks to Tim who really needs to move to the UK as he is a top bloke!<br /><br /><br /><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-05523500634865984 visible ontop" href="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=4519854505304487394&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=true"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-05523500634865984 visible ontop" href="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=4519854505304487394&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=true"></a><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=4519854505304487394&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=true" style="width: 400px; height: 326px;" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-46372081411622150252008-08-04T00:46:00.001-07:002008-08-04T00:46:43.293-07:00DSpace/Fedora Collaboration <center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=1149508&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1149508"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-DSpaceFedoraCollaboration297.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1149508(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-DSpaceFedoraCollaboration297.AVI.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-DSpaceFedoraCollaboration297.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1149508(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description">Sandy and Michele talk about the DSpace and Fedora Collaboration and seal the deal with a hig-five! </div><br />Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-30370497055055982832008-08-03T23:58:00.001-07:002008-08-03T23:58:26.643-07:00RepoCamp Venue (Montpellier Room at the Library of Congress)<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=1149369&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1149369"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-RepoCampVenueMontpellierRoomAtTheLibraryOfCongress241.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1149369(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-RepoCampVenueMontpellierRoomAtTheLibraryOfCongress241.AVI.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-RepoCampVenueMontpellierRoomAtTheLibraryOfCongress241.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1149369(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description">Coincidentally, the library police showed up shortly after this video was shot because people at the Capitol building had spotted what looked like a potential snipper on the roof of the Library of Congress. The library police came barging into the meeting to question some of our actions (rightfully so!). </div><br />Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-26276462096923266412008-08-03T11:36:00.001-07:002008-08-03T11:36:08.229-07:00ReST-ORE (Low Level Storage API)<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=1147766&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1147766"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-ReSTORELowLevelStorageAPI647.wmv" onclick="play_blip_movie_1147766(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-ReSTORELowLevelStorageAPI647.wmv.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-ReSTORELowLevelStorageAPI647.wmv" onclick="play_blip_movie_1147766(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description">Ben talks about how to enable a low level storage API for all basic repository / content management systems.</div><br />Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-14878406190572157042008-08-03T03:47:00.001-07:002008-08-03T03:47:00.406-07:00ORE at RepoCamp<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=1147005&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1147005"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-OREAtRepoCamp304.wmv" onclick="play_blip_movie_1147005(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-OREAtRepoCamp304.wmv.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-OREAtRepoCamp304.wmv" onclick="play_blip_movie_1147005(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description">Stephan and Ben give an intro to what ORE is and how it can be used within the Web Architecture.</div><br />Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-66595639319508243632008-08-03T03:13:00.001-07:002008-08-03T03:13:58.480-07:00SWORD Deposit API<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=1146957&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1146957"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-SWORDDepositAPI224.wmv" onclick="play_blip_movie_1146957(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-SWORDDepositAPI224.wmv.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-SWORDDepositAPI224.wmv" onclick="play_blip_movie_1146957(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description">Jim presents current work from the SWORD Deposit API along with Savas who explains how Microsoft is using the Deposit API in Microsoft Word. </div><br />Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-82130997069689773702008-07-26T06:15:00.001-07:002008-07-26T06:15:57.768-07:00In Washington DC for the RepoCamp!<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=1122286&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1122286"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-InWashingtonDCForTheRepoCamp556.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1122286(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-InWashingtonDCForTheRepoCamp556.AVI.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-InWashingtonDCForTheRepoCamp556.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1122286(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description">We've arrive in Washington DC for RepoCamp, but first a meeting with Richard Rodgers (MIT), Brad McLean (DSpace), Ben O'Steen (Oxford) and Dave Tarrant (Southampton) to talk about a framework for a common storage for Repositories (ePrints, DSpace and Fedora).</div><br />Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-68078894125930322512008-07-26T04:43:00.001-07:002008-07-26T04:43:40.011-07:00Shout out to Tim - CRIGian extraordinaire!<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=1122182&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1122182"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-ShoutOutToTimCRIGianExtraordinaire849.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1122182(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-ShoutOutToTimCRIGianExtraordinaire849.AVI.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-ShoutOutToTimCRIGianExtraordinaire849.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1122182(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description">This is a shout out to Tim, an absolute rock-star of a CRIGian! Plans for the US CRIG Chapter coming soon!</div><br />Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-84694381997212728432008-07-23T14:05:00.001-07:002008-07-23T14:05:13.324-07:00Protoype: Providing Overviews of Research Papers<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=1113835&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1113835"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-ProtoypeProvidingOverviewsOfResearchPapers637.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1113835(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-ProtoypeProvidingOverviewsOfResearchPapers637.AVI.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-ProtoypeProvidingOverviewsOfResearchPapers637.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1113835(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description">I really liked this protoype as it crossed the eLearning and eResearch boundary, by providing a systematic overview of how a Research paper is written. Think timlapse of how a research paper is written from inception (versions), and then add the ancillary information like twitters and blog posts that feed into the creation of the research paper.</div><br />Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-37840156662578168482008-07-23T13:54:00.001-07:002008-07-26T04:19:19.718-07:00What is a Developer Lounge?<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&amp;posts_id=1113784&amp;source=3&amp;autoplay=true&amp;file_type=flv&amp;player_width=&amp;player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1113784"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-WhatIsADeveloperLounge629.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1113784(); return false;"><img alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-WhatIsADeveloperLounge629.AVI.jpg" title="Click to play" border="0" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-WhatIsADeveloperLounge629.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1113784(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description"><p>I've had a couple people ask me 'what is a developer lounge', other than my explanation here I thought I would post a sample of the kind of discussion that occures throughout the day. As an event at the conference it is nothing else other than a room where developers will come to sit down and do what they do on a day to day basis (email, surf, code, etc); the only difference is that every now and again they break out into spontaneous discussion.</p><p>The key really, is having a place where the developer can feel free to talk tech: a space for active discussion (not presentation). The average lounge experiences ebbs and tides of developers coming in and out and discussing everything from their local systems to the latest geek toy. </p><p>It is these kinds of open events that allow developers to not only learn what others dveloper are doing, but to also ask questions that they would never ask in front of their peers if it was a presentation that was being given. </p><p>On the whole it is a far better method of information dissimination for the engineering community. Furthermore, as more and more of the conference proceedings are recorded, streamed, blogged, posted, etc; it almost makes going to the event redundant because you can wait for people to tell you which presentation were good and then you can go back and watch them after the conference. Meanwhile you can be networking and having syncronous conversation with your peers, whcih is surely what conference were originally about in the first place.</p></div>Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-10239120259951700072008-07-23T13:01:00.001-07:002008-07-23T13:02:00.194-07:00Protoype: Utilising the Cloud for an Academic Video Conversion and Storage Service<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=1113650&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1113650"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-ProtoypeUtilisingTheCloudForAnAcademicVideoConversionAn927.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1113650(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-ProtoypeUtilisingTheCloudForAnAcademicVideoConversionAn927.AVI.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-ProtoypeUtilisingTheCloudForAnAcademicVideoConversionAn927.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1113650(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description">An interesting idea around providing a video service specific to Academia that would in the first instance handle video conversion to multiple formats and then set up the cloud storage services (in this case EC2 and S3) for other institutions.</div><br />Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-87699746932362693712008-07-23T12:46:00.001-07:002008-07-23T12:46:09.898-07:00Protoype: Minamalist Search Interface<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=1113611&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1113611"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-ProtoypeMinamalistSearchInterface109.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1113611(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-ProtoypeMinamalistSearchInterface109.AVI.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-ProtoypeMinamalistSearchInterface109.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1113611(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description"><p>The EduWeb Awards had the University of Chicago as the winning web site (CMS). It was aclaimed for its minamalistic design, but we thought it could even take it a step further by utilising the Google minamalist search approach. </p><p>We also thought it might be worth looking into Google SiteMaps to provide a common way of presenting University web sites to the user which could be optimised via the kinds of searches that took place on the local search engine.</p><p>Point being that better search facilities (analytics) should be put into the institutional search engine so as to guaratee that the user is getting back what they want. </p></div><br />Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-76835015686459703952008-07-23T12:15:00.001-07:002008-07-23T12:15:02.272-07:00CMS and Repository Should Join Forces!<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=1113530&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1113530"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-CMSAndRepositoryShouldJoinForces927.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1113530(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-CMSAndRepositoryShouldJoinForces927.AVI.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-CMSAndRepositoryShouldJoinForces927.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1113530(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description">We discovered a very real need by both the CMS and Repository community for not repeating ourselves in trying to get the same information into both systems.</div><br />Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-11417486758885728412008-07-19T15:50:00.001-07:002008-07-19T15:50:45.639-07:00Client Appreciation Party<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=1099066&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1099066"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-ClientAppreciationParty595.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1099066(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-ClientAppreciationParty595.AVI.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-ClientAppreciationParty595.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1099066(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description">We sure didn't mind getting invited to the Blackboard Appreciation Party! I think we were all gobsmaecked to see such lavishness for an Educators party? If only our users could see us now... Though there is something to be said for showing appreciation to the people who use your system (given the expense of Bb), what are we in the repository community doing to show appreciation to our system developers and all the work they put in? </div><br />Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-20690191201771370292008-07-18T14:50:00.001-07:002008-07-18T14:50:28.279-07:00Summar of eLearning Community Observances <center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=1099143&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1099143"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-SummarOfELearningCommunityObservances160.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1099143(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-SummarOfELearningCommunityObservances160.AVI.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-SummarOfELearningCommunityObservances160.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1099143(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description">Some thoughts on the eLearning Community and how to interface with their systems. </div><br />Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-32536997638047975802008-07-18T14:38:00.001-07:002008-07-18T14:38:23.985-07:00Summary of eScience Community Interfacing <center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=1099114&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1099114"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-SummaryOfEScienceCommunityInterfacing134.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1099114(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-SummaryOfEScienceCommunityInterfacing134.AVI.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-SummaryOfEScienceCommunityInterfacing134.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1099114(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description">Some of our observations having spent time at an eScience conference.</div><br />Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-84901735096858406102008-07-18T14:04:00.001-07:002008-07-18T14:04:04.141-07:00At BbWorld Conference (Blackboard VLE System)<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=1098988&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1098988"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-AtBbWorldConferenceBlackboardVLESystem908.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1098988(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-AtBbWorldConferenceBlackboardVLESystem908.AVI.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-AtBbWorldConferenceBlackboardVLESystem908.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1098988(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description">We spent the day in the main exhibit hall talking with people about their problems and innovative ideas. Many of the problems seemed to be small technical glitches, and most of the innovative ideas were people trying to sell you something. Yet, with 2000+ people at this conference you can't help but wonder if the business model that Bb is using isn't a successful one? It is hard to imagine how repositories could integrate themselves into VLE/LMS unless they had a large both to sell their product at this kind of venue? The problem seems to be more around the business model interoperability rather than the technical interoperability?</div><br />Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-47333588010702431052008-07-18T13:41:00.001-07:002008-07-18T13:41:32.305-07:00CrigShow in Venice? <center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=1098881&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1098881"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-CrigShowInVenice911.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1098881(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-CrigShowInVenice911.AVI.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-CrigShowInVenice911.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1098881(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description">St. Mark's Square without the pigeons! And the Venice canals clean? Hey wait a second...</div><br />Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-68812242699013487922008-07-16T20:17:00.001-07:002008-07-16T20:17:09.890-07:00Prototype: Motion Analysis to Detect Images in Scanned Pages<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=1092815&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1092815"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-PrototypeMotionAnalysisToDetectImagesInScannedPages665.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1092815(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-PrototypeMotionAnalysisToDetectImagesInScannedPages665.AVI.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-PrototypeMotionAnalysisToDetectImagesInScannedPages665.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1092815(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description">Building on from the <a>scanned documents as complex objects</a> prototype, this prototype goes on to suggest how distinct items within scanned pages can be machine recognised using a technique for finding frequency of action in video.</div><br />Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-45173695851288908972008-07-16T19:43:00.001-07:002008-07-16T19:43:02.419-07:00Prototype: Extracting and Finding Algorithms from Research Papers<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=1092737&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1092737"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-PrototypeExtractingAndFindingAlgorithmsFromResearchPapers911.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1092737(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-PrototypeExtractingAndFindingAlgorithmsFromResearchPapers911.AVI.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-PrototypeExtractingAndFindingAlgorithmsFromResearchPapers911.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1092737(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description">In being at this conference we've discovered that algorithms seem to be the lingua franca for networking the multiple disciplines. In this prototype we explore the possibility of creating a search service for algorithms so as to locate them within research papers. We also discussed the possiblity of being able to create links between algorithms based on other algorthms within research papers. Looking at Google Code Search seems to be a good model to follow for this search engine. </div><br />Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-70998760313923046112008-07-16T17:03:00.001-07:002008-07-16T17:03:50.963-07:00Maybe we shouldn't be using the term "Repository" to describe ourselves?<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=1092372&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1092372"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-MaybeWeShouldntBeUsingTheTermRepositoryToDescribeOurse347.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1092372(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-MaybeWeShouldntBeUsingTheTermRepositoryToDescribeOurse347.AVI.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-MaybeWeShouldntBeUsingTheTermRepositoryToDescribeOurse347.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1092372(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description">In trying to explain what we do to a group of computer scientists, we've discovered that the word 'repository' is not a helpful word. 'Repository' is really seen as a place that holds code, (subversion, mercurial[Hg], git, .rpm/.deb repos, etc). The same with talking about the word 'data' with them which is really seen as 'data' within 'database'. However, what they do understand is 'resource', and specifically in regards to 'what they consume and produce in their daily scholarly routine'.</div><br />Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-51411941745105737862008-07-14T23:39:00.001-07:002008-07-15T10:54:56.717-07:00Real Documents are Complex Objects: OCRing Made Simple<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&amp;posts_id=1085983&amp;source=3&amp;autoplay=true&amp;file_type=flv&amp;player_width=&amp;player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1085983"> <br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Tim showing how real rapid prototyping is done! <br /></div><br /><a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-RealDocumentsAreComplexObjectsOCRingMadeSimple494.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1085983(); return false;"><img alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-RealDocumentsAreComplexObjectsOCRingMadeSimple494.AVI.jpg" title="Click to play" border="0" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-RealDocumentsAreComplexObjectsOCRingMadeSimple494.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1085983(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description">A summary of one of the keynotes from WorldComp'08</div>Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-58414290638320604132008-07-14T23:18:00.001-07:002008-07-14T23:18:49.546-07:00Parellel processing (how it affects repositories)<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=1085956&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1085956"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-ParellelProcessingHowItAffectsRepositories139.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1085956(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-ParellelProcessingHowItAffectsRepositories139.AVI.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-ParellelProcessingHowItAffectsRepositories139.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1085956(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description"></div><br />Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-20812912779451864302008-07-14T15:34:00.001-07:002008-07-14T15:34:54.390-07:00Try One Today!<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=1084935&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1084935"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-TryOneToday879.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1084935(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-TryOneToday879.AVI.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-TryOneToday879.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1084935(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description"></div><br />Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5067192563758966987.post-21067999643800880082008-07-14T15:25:00.001-07:002008-07-14T15:25:21.291-07:00URL's as Currency and the Four Rules of the Web<center> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js?ver=2008010901"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=1084912&source=3&autoplay=true&file_type=flv&player_width=&player_height="></script> <div id="blip_movie_content_1084912"> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-URLsAsCurrencyAndTheFourRulesOfTheWeb848.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1084912(); return false;"><img title="Click to play" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-URLsAsCurrencyAndTheFourRulesOfTheWeb848.AVI.jpg" border="0" title="Click to Play" /></a> <br /> <a rel="enclosure" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wocrig-URLsAsCurrencyAndTheFourRulesOfTheWeb848.AVI" onclick="play_blip_movie_1084912(); return false;">Click to Play</a> </div> </center><div class="blip_description"><p>Students use URL&#39;s as currency, they pass them around accordingly...</p><p> Four rules of the web:</p><p>1.) every object should have a URI</p><p>2.) those identifiers should be URIs</p><p>3.) when you do a get you should provide info on URI</p><p>4.) you should apply links to other URIs from this URI </p></div><br />Wisdom of CRIGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318814305369248241noreply@blogger.com0